Miwa Noguchi Kitchens departed this life on October 9, 2017, at 85 years of age. A resident of Hephzibah, Georgia, since 1972, she was preceded in death by her husband Lewie E. Kitchens, her parents, three sisters, and two brothers. She is survived by two sisters residing in Japan, brother-in-law John M. Price of Arlington, Tennessee, and nieces, nephews, and great and great-great nieces and nephews residing in the United States and Japan.

Following cremation, a private service will be held at Fayette County Memorial Park Cemetery on Highway 64, Oakland, Tennessee. Arrangements provided by Peebles Fayette County Funeral Homes and Cremation Center at Oakland.

The family requests memorials be directed to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, D.C. 20090-6011.